Islanders Back & Forth: On Surviving Living Nightmares and Dance Recitals

One bounce away. Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images That’s all, folks. With their run for the Stanley Cup over, the Islanders will turn their attention to what will surely be an eventful, perhaps painful, offseason.

First, let’s look back at the (final) week that was.

Playoff Game 17: 8-0 loss to the Lightning

Yeah, I’m not in the mood to revisit this dumpster fire. I will say, it’s definitely something to experience the exact worst nightmare scenario that you can envision in a playoff game and still come out the other side. The chance of something like this happening in a pivotal, post-season, spotlight scenario is always out there and, when all the stars aligned, it actually happened.…